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Lake St. Clair is one of the best bass lakes in the world. 20-25 years ago it was not like that at all. I used to fish there all the time. (Off the 9-mile pier for anybody local). It was always a murky brown lake.
Sometime ago the zebra mussels were introduced thru the emptying of ballast water from tankers. Also high mercury levels turned the lake into a catch-release lake. Well the zebra mussels ate all the fine minerals and contaminates that made the lake murky. Now it is crystal clear, allowing more sun to hit the bottem and increasing the growth of vegetation and creating more room for smaller fish to hide and breed. That's my history lesson in a nutshell. The fishing is excellent but I hesistate eating anything from there but many people still do.
Lake St. Clair is one of the best bass lakes in the world. 20-25 years ago it was not like that at all. I used to fish there all the time. (Off the 9-mile pier for anybody local). It was always a murky brown lake.
Sometime ago the zebra mussels were introduced thru the emptying of ballast water from tankers. Also high mercury levels turned the lake into a catch-release lake. Well the zebra mussels ate all the fine minerals and contaminates that made the lake murky. Now it is crystal clear, allowing more sun to hit the bottem and increasing the growth of vegetation and creating more room for smaller fish to hide and breed. That's my history lesson in a nutshell. The fishing is excellent but I hesistate eating anything from there but many people still do.
